Improved ottoman and hassock filler



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ELNATHAN Gr. GANIARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRovlaD4 oTTo|v|A|\i.L\NDv HAssocK FlLLER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 80,619', dated August 4, 1868.

Toalla-hom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, ELNATHAN G. GANIARD, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Hassock and Ottoman Filler; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a vertical section. Fig. 2 is a top view of the bottom placed in the filler when the sides are fluted. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the :filler when it is desired to flute the sides of a hassock or ottoman.

This invention will be understood from the drawings and specifications.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

To an opening in a platform, A, I attach rigidly a ring, B, having nearly the same width as the height of the article to be filled. I then make a tube, O, which, in diameter, is sufliciently less than the ring B to admit two thicknesses of the material, as shown by the lines a, Fig. l, and it is long enough to hold sufficient stuffing to fill a hassock or'ottoman at one operation. The ring B and tube O may be round, as shown in Fig. l, or the sides may be fluted, as shown in Fig. 3, if desired, to give the hassock or ottoman a fluted style. (Shown by Fig. 3.) A movable or fixed bottom, D, is provided, scalloped out from near the center to the circumference on its upper surface, which gives a smooth top to the article, or may, by ribs being raised in it, as shown in Fig. 2, divide the top into sections to correspond with the flutes in the side when they are so made.

The object of this invention is to provide a suitable means of filling hassocks, ottomans, &c.

The operation is as follows: The ring B and tube C and bottom D being made the desired shape, the material is cut and sewed together in a sack of the same form, and the tube Gis placed inside of it. I then place the bottom D inside of the ring B, and on it I put the tube C and material, as shown in Fig. 1. The lling is then placed in the tube C and pressed down, and at the same time the tube C is drawn out as fast as the filling is forced down, and fills the sack. By this means it can be more readily filled and a smooth surface retained, as the tube keeps the material from 

